|
Wakeley Baronets
The Wakeley Baronetcy, of Liss, Hampshire, Liss in the County of Southampton, is a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 30 June 1952 for Cecil Wakeley, 1st Baronet, Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire, KBE, Companion of the Order of the Bath, CB (5 May 1892 – 5 June 1979), President of the Royal College of Surgeons. He married Elizabeth Muriel Nicholson-Smith. Their eldest son, John Wakeley (1926–2012), who married June Leney, daughter of Donald Frank Leney, became second baronet in 1979. The title is now held by their eldest son, Sir Nicholas Wakeley, 3rd baronet, married to Sarah Ann Robinson. Sarah Ann Robinson is the daughter of Air Vice Marshal Brian Lewis Robinson. John Wakeley's daughter is the fashion designer Amanda Wakeley. Wakeley baronets, of Liss (1952) *Sir Cecil Wakeley, 1st Baronet, Sir Cecil Pembry Grey Wakeley, 1st Baronet (1892–1979) *Sir John Cecil Nicholson Wakeley, 2nd Baronet (1926–2012) *Sir Nicholas Jer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liss, Hampshire
Liss (previously spelt Lys or Lyss) is a village and civil parish in the East Hampshire district of Hampshire, 3.3 miles (5.3 km) north-east of Petersfield, on the A3 road, on the West Sussex border. It covers 3,567 acres (14 km2) of semi-rural countryside in the South Downs National Park. Liss railway station is on the Portsmouth Direct Line. The village comprises an old village at West Liss and a modern village round the 19th-century station. They are divided by the River Rother. Suburbs later spread towards Liss Forest. Heritage Prehistory Flint spearheads, arrowheads, scrapers, flakes and cores dating from Palaeolithic and Mesolithic times have been found.Archi URetrieved 16 April 2018./ref> Evidence of Neolithic activity is present in axe heads and flint implements. An Irish decorated axe and two bracelets engraved with parallel lines and chevrons have been found, and there are plentiful Bronze Age features on the chalk hangers above the village and at Be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
